COMILLA-SONNAMURA BORDER –INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

News: 3 Bangladeshi nationals arrested in Tripura while trying to board bus to Punjab

 

What's in the news?

       The official said the Bangladeshi nationals admitted to having entered India through the Comilla-Sonamura border in Tripura’s Sepahijala district.

 

Key takeaways:

       According to state police sources, dozens of Bangladeshi nationals and Rohingyas cross the India-Bangladesh border illegally each month.

       Later, they are transported to other parts of the country using bogus documents.

       Using digital surveillance and tracking, the NIA and BSF caught 29 touts across the country in November and December last year. Five were arrested in Tripura.